Flags at half staff for Nelson Mandela

[battle_sight_zero]

Perhaps I am being a prick and I am sure my rant might not be appreciated by some. I just dont understand why we are putting our flags at half mast for a Foreigner. For work I do track the flag orders every day for work for the last 20 years, and quite frankly the number of times are flags are in half mast has increased dramatically in the last 5 years. I understand the honoring of special Americans but foreigners I just dont get it. So today I looked up the most recent GI to be killed in Afghanistan, a Staff Sgt. ALEX VIOLA. From what I can read he was extraordinary man. In my mind these flags should be at half mast to honor Sgt Viola and the others who have died in service of our country. In closing thank you to all of you who serve or have served our country.

Story about Sgt. Viola http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Kel...232397751.html

[generalmeow]

I completely agree, and if I see any flags at half staff today I will think about Sgt. Viola. There shouldn't be a single American who would honor Nelson Mandela before Alex Viola.

[StagLefty]

^ this.

[MarkCO]

i dont want my response viewed as anti anyone. BUT, there is no way in hell our flag should be half mast for anyone but an American. period end of story. I dont give a shit if its the Queen of England.

DITTO

[buffalobo]

i dont want my response viewed as anti anyone. BUT, there is no way in hell our flag should be half mast for anyone but an American. period end of story. I dont give a shit if its the Queen of England.

^^^This.

[PugnacAutMortem]

All I will say is if Whitney Houston dying from an OD gets the flags at half staff...then I think Nelson Mandela deserves to have the flags at half staff as well.

[Singlestack]

So what exactly did Whitney Houston do for her country? She was nothing more than an entertainer. Movie stars/musicians deserve nothing better or worse than average US citizens - because thats what they are. Our soldiers that give their lives for the US are on a different, and in my opinion, higher plane in terms of flag recognition than the rest of us. Ditto on Mandela not being an American. This is how Liberals co-opt a patriotic recognition for their own multicultural purposes.

[MarkCO]

All I will say is if Whitney Houston dying from an OD gets the flags at half staff...then I think Nelson Mandela deserves to have the flags at half staff as well.

Nope! Two wrongs don't make a right. Someone getting away with something does not now make that okay. It is that kind of thinking that got us some of the mess we are now it. NO THANKS!

[sniper7]

I don't feel it should be at half staff.

[blacklabel]

i dont want my response viewed as anti anyone. BUT, there is no way in hell our flag should be half mast for anyone but an American. period end of story. I dont give a shit if its the Queen of England.

Yep.

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